Hi gregory,
long time and no see (me that is - I've been away from all forums and Orphalese too). I'm probably heaps of versions behind in Orphalese.....must download an upgrade for mysElf.
Hi cardlady22. Sorry you're not feeling well. Hope you regain your energy soon.
Yes, you were correct with your guess about why I was trying to get you to rename the folder. I was hoping to trick Orphalese into thinking the directory did not exist as I fear you are somewhere between an unsuccessful installation and/or uninstallation. I think that's why you can't see an exe file as I believe that Richard doesn't uninstall all of the folders under the Orphalese folder so that you can retain your packs/spreads/readings etc if you need to uninstall or reinstall.
Try rebooting before renaming (as that could unlock some files, depending on how they were locked in the first place). Check also that you don't have Orphalese as one of your startup programs, because that may open a file, locking it.
Now, it's been a while but I was just trying to remember if you are asked which directory/folder you want to install to when you install the software? A lot of software displays the default installation directory but sometimes you can over-ride it with another folder. If so, you could try to install the software to another folder - call it Orphalese1.
I wouldn't discount gregory's suggestion of installing it to another profile either. You can always copy files across profiles without too much bother.
I don't want to bamboozle you with too many things to try, especially if you're not well. See how you go with the above.
with love
purple_scorp